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From: David Kelly <dkelly@HiWAAY.net>
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Subject: Re: Soekris Net4801 performance
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On Mar 30, 2006, at 5:32 AM, johnryan_852@iprimus.com.au wrote:

> I tried with OpenBSD 3.8 and got similar performance to FreeBSD.
> I might try NetBSD in the weekend, someone mentioned that, and it's  
> probably
> a good idea.

I suggested earlier that you verify how fast your "disk" interface  
runs. Am guessing its a CF card. Something as simple as "dd  
if=testfile of=/dev/null". Not all CF cards read/write as fast as  
others.

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David Kelly N4HHE, dkelly@HiWAAY.net
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